Greatest Movies Of All Time

[radio_bomb]

Unbreakable is one of the most underrated movies ever. Truly great.

[Ray_Gun]

Schindler's List

Raider's of the Lost Ark

The Proffesional

Dances with Wolves

Rocky

 

They are all a pretty close tie for first on my list.

[static]

Unbreakable is one of the most underrated movies ever. Truly great.

You are CORRECT, sir!

[icantremember1989]

blow, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, american beauty, ghost world, and the godfather. are a few. theyre all perfect in their own right.

[static]

has anyone said Apocolypse Now yet? That's such a deserving movie. Even though it makes me fall asleep. Heart of Darkness pales in comparison to this film.

On that note, i really wish Orson Welles was able to make the Heart of Darkness film. That would have been amazing.

 

I'd also like to add Eraserhead to the list. Not because i'm a real David Lynch fan but more because it's one of the first movies to truly smash the rules of film in an effective way. Of course Jean-Luc Godard did this earlier, but he has so many amazing movies it'd be impossible to pick the greatest.

[Morbii]

I'd also like to add Eraserhead to the list. Not because i'm a real David Lynch fan but more because it's one of the first movies to truly smash the rules of film in an effective way.

You're joking, right?

 

RIGHT?

 

For instance, check out Cocteau's Blood of a Poet from the early 30's (or hell, check out the entire Orphic Trilogy).

[static]

I'm not familiar with his work. But in the 1930's the rules of film technique were not nearly as polished and defined as when Lynch made Eraserhead (late 70s.) Therefore it would be a lot easier to destroy and/or alter cinema's conventions.

But you're right, i shouldn't say he was the first one to smash the rules of film. But i'm certainly not going to argue as far back as the 1930's when film hadn't even found a solid footing yet.

[Shiri]

The Elephant Man by David Lynch was a very powerful movie. I never watched Eraserhead though...

[Morbii]

I'm not familiar with his work. But in the 1930's the rules of film technique were not nearly as polished and defined as when Lynch made Eraserhead (late 70s.) Therefore it would be a lot easier to destroy and/or alter cinema's conventions.

But you're right, i shouldn't say he was the first one to smash the rules of film. But i'm certainly not going to argue as far back as the 1930's when film hadn't even found a solid footing yet.

Film found a solid footing with D.W. Griffiths.

 

I'll go later in time, if that's what you'd like, and point out Ingmar Bergman's "Persona".

[Wheresmyheadgone]

My top 3:

 

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

Still Crazy

Garden state

[deftpunk]

There are so many movies that I havn't seen it would be kinda unfair for me to say which one is the greatest.

Completely agree with you. And some of the old classics are great too.

[Dargonlord]

Dr Strangelove (8)

Kill Bill 1 & 2 :angry:

Serenity ;)

I <3 Huckabees :angry:

Sin City :angry:

Shaun of the Dead

Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulin

[cleric9999]

the last of the mohicans

snatch

blues brothers

city of god

fear and loathing

american psycho

leon

gladiator

raging bull

animal house

the royal tenenbaums

evil dead

short circut

Edited January 20, 2006 by cleric9999

[folk singer]

ok, ok, you guys have nailed pretty much everything i can think of (well, then again, i'm not much of a film guy myself)...but no one's mentioned the princess bride....c'mon its a classic (no, seriously)

[Quammy]

Some good titles on here so far (ie: Citizen Kane, Yojimbo, Evil Dead), so here's a few more.

 

King Kong (1933)

Stagecoach (1939)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

The Searchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Rio Bravo (1959)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)

The Godfather (1972)

Five Fingers of Death (1972)

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Shogun Assassin (1980)

The Thing (1982)

The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)

C.H.U.D. (1984)

Ghost Busters (1984)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard 2 (1990)

SLC Punk! (1998)

Dogma (1999)

Payback (1999)

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Snatch (2000)

Donnie Darko (2001)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Walk the Line (2005)

[screaming roommate]

EVERY SINGLE STAR WARS MOVIE!!!! (clones wars Volume one/two included)

 

The last man on earth

 

Dr strange love

 

The fifth element

 

2001 a space odessy

 

Old boy

 

South park movie

 

basketball

 

dirty work

 

city of god

 

pfft there are far too many good movies on this tiny little planet.

Edited February 12, 2006 by screaming roommate

[Azalroth]

too many movies to just pick one favorite one...I for one am a Matrix fan so I'd have to go for the Matrix Trilogy

[Shiri]

My all time favorite is Se7en. It owns.

[davidedward]

GARDEN STATE!

[silentshadow]

Back to the Future.

It's a kiddy movie but it was a good one.

[AnOceanPearl]

American Beauty

[scheurminator]

almost famous

[HoboFactory]

It appears no one's said Gattaca. That's my personal favorite.

[justjonny]

american history x.....and possibly the boondock saints.....both wicked

[Dan #1]

BOONDOCK SAINTS!!!!

 

It's so awesome!!! I tried to convince my friends that... but they just made fun of me and said it was a really gay movie.